Shloka 39

Adhyaya 58 — The Kurma-Form of Narayana: Mapping Bharata through Nakshatras, Regions, and Planetary Afflictions

Sanskrit

कुन्यतालडहाश्चैव स्त्रीबाह्या बालिक्रास्तथा ।

नृसिंहा वेणुमत्याञ्च बलावस्थास्तथापरे ॥

Transliteration

kunyatālaḍahāś caiva strībāhyā bālikrās tathā / nṛsiṃhā veṇumatyāñ ca balāvasthās tathāpare

Translation

昆耶塔拉达诃族（Kunyatālaḍaha）、斯特丽巴希耶族（Strībāhya）、婆利迦罗族（Bālikrā）；又有尼利辛诃族（Nṛsiṃha）；韦努玛蒂（Veṇumatī）之民；并且巴拉瓦斯塔族（Balāvastha）等亦在其列。

Word by Word

• कुन्यतालडहाः: Kunyatālaḍahas (a group/people)
• कुन्यतालडहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्यतालडह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• स्त्रीबाह्याः: Strībāhyas (a group/people)
• स्त्रीबाह्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीबाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (स्त्री + बाह्य)

• बालिक्राः: Bālikras (a group/people)
• बालिक्राः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालिक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नृसिंहाः: Nṛsiṃhas (man-lions; a group/people)
• नृसिंहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृसिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (नृ + सिंह)

• वेणुमत्याः: Veṇumatīs (a group/people)
• वेणुमत्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• बलावस्थाः: Balāvasthas (a group/people)
• बलावस्थाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल + अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (बल + अवस्था)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चयार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण (others)

Speakers

• Frame not explicit in these verses (catalogue style within the Purāṇic narration)

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Ethnography
• Cosmography
• Toponymy

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇa’s world-description is not merely political; it is encyclopedic, aiming to remember many marginal or local identities within a single dharmic horizon.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sthāna.

What is the esoteric significance?

Obscure ethnonyms at the edges of the map often function as ‘mythic markers’ of liminality—signs of transition between the familiar and the unknown.